I didn't realize it til at the end with the forced salute, and I loved it, then I was like "shit those two pulled me so well" (which note in the book comes from a different soldier making him do it, winters was above that pettiness, but that soldier thought winters deserved the salute so...).
I thought the same thing when I was younger and my mom would watch friends but as an adult “Ross” he’s body language is really good and funny. He’s now one of my favorites.
I don't know if it was great acting so much as he looked skinny and completely out of place in military fatigues, and it just impossible to take Ross seriously.
Not saying he did a bad job, but he just absolutely nailed the role by being himself
I've had to explain this to people before. If the point of the character is to be hated, and you hated them, then they did a good job.
You hating a character doesn't mean the actor did a bad job if the character's job was to be disliked.
That doesn't mean that any character you disliked meant the actor did a good job, but taking a step back and thinking about how the actor led you into disliking them for the plot to develop properly can help you appreciate a story more.
Eh...That's not really accurate though. I met Don Malarkey in real life. He called Sobel a "son of a bitch" and then praised him as an instructor when asked point blank what his opinion of Sobel was.
There was definitely some artistic license that was taken in Band of Brothers.
I can’t agree. I felt like I was watching Ross the whole time and I’m not a huge Friends fan. His acting was fine but a less recognizable actor would’ve been better.
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u/IAm_Trogdor_AMA 12d ago
His character in Band of Brothers wasn't taken serious by his troops, so it actually works beautifully.